In the Tech Center

Welcome to 8th Grade Technology

Middle school students focus on more advanced features of digital technology. Students still develop word-processing, presentation, and desktop publishing skills, but they additionally are introduced to the creation of spreadsheets as well as databases in the 8th grade. Students spend more time in the middle school focusing on the social aspects of the web such as citing material, social media conduct and Internet security, as well as technology's impact on society. Students use a number of software tools to create projects such as wikis, blogs, Glogs, Scratch animations, Animoto, and Edmodo to practice appropriate social networking behavior.

Current Project

Robots & Robotics

The students' current learning goal is to develop an algorithm to solve an assigned problem using a specified set of commands and use peer review to critique the solution.

The students are identifying, analyzing and modifying the behaviors of digital tools (Lego robots). They are additionally evaluating and revising results when the robots do not perform the desired operations.

• Recognize and select the appropriate categories and commands to perform specific tasks
• Place programming commands in the correct sequence in order to render the desired result
• Add, delete, or revise the sequence of programming commands to meet needs
• Log results and journal observations

All of the information and resources needed by the students is located in their Google Classroom.